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    Effect of pregnancy on time to drop-out, displayed as weighted inverse extended Kaplan-Meier curves.

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    <p>Effect of pregnancy on time to drop-out, displayed as weighted inverse extended Kaplan-Meier curves.</p

    Estimated effect of pregnancy on time to death and alternate outcomes among 7,534 women initiating HAART in South Africa, 2004–2011.

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    <p>HR, hazard ratio; CL, confidence limit.</p>†<p>Weighted models accounted for age, employment status, active tuberculosis at study entry, calendar date at entry, WHO stage, and baseline and time-updated measures of weight, body mass index, hemoglobin, CD4 count and percent, adherence, and current drug regimen.</p>‡<p>Difference from unadjusted model due to missing data in any variable; only complete observations get weights.</p

    Box and whisker plot of CD4 count by reason for admission.

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    <p>The distribution of CD4 count at admission shows that all HIV positive admissions with one exception had a median CD4 count below 500 cells/mm<sup>3</sup>. This suggests that boosting the CD4 count of HIV positive patients by starting treatment early and ensuring adherence while on treatment may reduce the frequency and severity of admission.</p

    Summary of reasons for admission by HIV status.

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    <p>This figure presents the top 5 reasons for admission for each HIV status category. All other reasons were collapsed into the other category.* Tuberculosis was the most prevalent reason for admission amongst HIV-positive admissions accounting for 35%. CVD was the single most prevalent reason for admission amongst HIV-negative admissions accounting for 17%, while it only accounted for 4% of all HIV-positive admissions.</p
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